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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
===General articles=== | ===General articles=== | ||
| − | * [http://perens.com/Articles/PatentFarming.html The problems of patents in standards], by [[Bruce Perens]] | + | * [http://perens.com/Articles/PatentFarming.html The problems of patents in standards], by '''[[Bruce Perens]]''' |
| − | * [http://fsfeurope.org/projects/os/ps.en.html Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents], by Georg Greve | + | * [http://fsfeurope.org/projects/os/ps.en.html Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents], by '''Georg Greve''' |
| − | * [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL], by [[SFLC]] | + | * [http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2008/osp-gpl.html Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL], by '''[[SFLC]]''' |
* [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Patents_in_Standards Patents in Standards], from wikibook "FOSS Open Standards" | * [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/FOSS_Open_Standards/Patents_in_Standards Patents in Standards], from wikibook "FOSS Open Standards" | ||
| − | * [http://www.w3.org/2004/10/patents-standards-innovation.html Standards, Patents and the Dynamics of Innovation on the World Wide Web], by [[w3c]]'s Daniel Weitzner | + | * [http://www.w3.org/2004/10/patents-standards-innovation.html Standards, Patents and the Dynamics of Innovation on the World Wide Web], by [[w3c]]'s '''Daniel Weitzner''' |
| − | + | * [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2408 A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards], about patents and standards, by '''Glyn Moody''' | |
| − | * [http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2408 A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards], about patents and standards, by Glyn Moody | + | * [http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#def-RF Definition of "royalty-free" for standards], '''W3C''' |
===Specific standards harmed=== | ===Specific standards harmed=== | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 26 October 2010
Patents harm standards and compatibility by blocking the inclusion of necessary behaviour.
Standards and compatibility are essential for software - moreso than other fields. If a word processor or a video player cannot read popular document or video formats, it is simply not a functional word processor or video player.
Contents
Standards with patent problems
- GIF used to have patent problems when using LZW compression. These patents are now expired.
- Multimedia Home Platform
- HTML5
- Jpeg2000 - the web standard that many worked on but nobody used
- mpeg (mp3 and mpeg video)
- OOXML - a Microsoft document format
- OpenGL 3
- TLS-authz
- H.264
- IPv6
- Real Media - audio and video formats with patent problems[1]
- ISO 9660 Rock Ridge Interchange Protocol - afflicted by the Microsoft FAT patents[2]
- mp3
- GSM
- G.729, G.722, and G.723.1
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- audio-video patents
- Interoperability exceptions - a legislative idea for a partial victory
- Harm with neither litigation nor threats
- Patenting around what will become essential
External links
General articles
- The problems of patents in standards, by Bruce Perens
- Analysis on balance: Standardisation and Patents, by Georg Greve
- Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL, by SFLC
- Patents in Standards, from wikibook "FOSS Open Standards"
- Standards, Patents and the Dynamics of Innovation on the World Wide Web, by w3c's Daniel Weitzner
- A Jesuit's Guide to Open Standards, about patents and standards, by Glyn Moody
- Definition of "royalty-free" for standards, W3C
Specific standards harmed
- The Widgets Updating standard, of W3C blocked by Apple's patent
- IETF: Please reject the "Transport Layer Security (TLS) Authorization Extensions" proposed standard, by FSF
- Microsoft: "Our software patents preclude interoperability", 2006 press release by FSFE
- The VideoLan media player and other software for working with video formats are threatened by software patents
- Does FFmpeg infringe patents? We don't know
- The jpeg file format was threatened, article by PubPat
